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Show , Viewmont boys capture Region One track title i - phenomenal season with a first-place first-place finish in a time of 15:26. Lance Palmer also medaled for the Braves, taking sixth. In the girls' division, Bountiful finished third behind Judge and Murray, as Misa Graff took fourth, Carolyn Doxey seventh, Denece Jacobs 13th, Elizabeth Mabey 15th and Laurel Starkweather 21st. Woods Cross was fourth, and will also go to state. The Wildcats also had four girls earn medals at state: Jenny Heap taking 10th, Heidi Selin 14th, Allison Goodrich 17th and Michelle Devey 19th. This Wednesday's state finals begin with the 1A and 2 A races at noon. The 3A races should begin around 1 p.m., followed by 4A races at 2 p.m. All races start at Sugarhouse Park and finish on the track at adjacent Highland High School. iBy TOM HARALDSEN Viewmont High's boys' cross country team captured the Region j One title as expected Wednesday : afternoon, while all three other local : schools had teams or individuals qualify for this week's state championships. cham-pionships. In Layton, the Vikings easily outdistanced Roy and Davis to win the league title, capping an unbeaten un-beaten season. Meanwhile, at Murray City Park, Bountiful and Viewmont were also qualifying both their boys' and girls' teams for the 3A finals. The Vikings had five finishers in the top six at Layton, led by region medalist Paul Cutler. Second was Jeremy Call of Viewmont, third ; went to Davis' Glen Combe, fourth was Scott Keate of Viewmont, fifth ; went to Viking Paul Hess and sixth 1 to Jason Hess of Viewmont 2 As good as that news is, there ; was also some bad news attached to ? f the finals. Keate suffered some hy- t. z perventilation after the race, and his 2; status for Wednesday's 4-A finals ; at Sugarhouse Park remains ques- -; tionable. j "Scott's had a great season so far, and it will be difficult for us to win a state title without him," stated Viking coach Lynn Dubois. If Keate can run, or if another Viking Vik-ing can step up to take his place, the Vikes still have a great chance at the title. Davis will go in as the third place team from Region One. In addition to Combe's third-place finish, Clark Finlinson took eighth, Dan Soren-son Soren-son 20th and Dan Quist 21st for the Darts. In the girls division, Davis finished fin-ished second behind league champ Weber. The Darts had four medalists: Dayna Smith in fourth place, Sarah Butler in 10th, Sandra Verbroekken in 13th and Ashley Wagner in 14th. Viewmont did not qualify as a team, finishing sixth, but two individuals will go to state. Windy Hutching s finished seventh and Jenny Wadley ninth to earn invitations. in-vitations. At Murray, Woods Cross' boys had an extremely good meet and finished third in region behind Judge and Murray. Dave Marx was 12th, Matt Brown 16th and Jason Anderson 19th for the Wildcats. Bountiful finished fifth as a team, thus also qualifying for state. Brandon Bran-don Wilding continued his |